VALLEY CITY, N.D.-Bob King, the former executive secretary of the North Dakota High School Activities Association, died Wednesday. He was 84.
King served as executive secretary from July 1988 to June 1999. He was the fourth executive secretary in the association's history.
Prior to serving as executive secretary, King was an assistant to the executive secretary from July 1979 to June 1988, giving him 20 years of service as a member of the NDHSAA staff.
King was a well-known, well-respected figure in North Dakota sports as an athlete, coach, official and administrator. Before joining the NDSHSAA, King was the Valley City High School football coach.
King was inducted into the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. He also served as the Hall of Fame's president for several years. In addition to the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, King also is a member of the North Dakota Officials Hall of Fame (1982), North Dakota School Coaches Hall of Fame (1985), the Valley City High School Athletic Hall of Fame (1991), New Rockford High School Hall of Fame, North Dakota Athletic Directors Hall of Fame (2003) and the North Dakota High School Track and Field Hall of Fame (2009).
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King also was the recipient of a NFHS Citation Award and the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Special Achievement Award in 1999.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., Friday, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Valley City. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements by Lerud Mathias Funeral Home in Valley City.
